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<div><h1 class="article-title">How do I set up and use WebDAV on MacOS (10.8 and up)?</h1></div>
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    <p>Download resources from your local computer to the Resources tool using the WebDAV protocol. This page describes how you can create a WebDAV connection between your computer and the Resources tool within your site and then download content directly.</p>
<p><strong>Additional resources:</strong></p>
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<li>If you prefer to use Cyberduck to manage your WebDAV connections with MacOS, see <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoisetupandusewebdavwithcyberduck">How do I set up and use WebDAV with Cyberduck?</a>.</li>
<li>If you use a Windows computer to manage your site, see <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoisetupandusewebdavonwindows1011">How do I set up and use WebDAV on Windows 10/11?</a>.</li>
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<p><strong>Limitations:</strong></p>
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<li>Due to an issue with the Mac Finder tool, you currently cannot upload files into sites using the Finder. To upload files from your MacOS computer using Cyberduck, see <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoisetupandusewebdavwithcyberduck">How do I set up and use WebDAV with Cyberduck?</a>.</li>
<li>There must be at least one item (a file or folder) in the site's Resources tool before you begin the WebDAV setup procedure.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Creating the WebDAV connection</h2>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Go to Resources.</h3>
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    <p>Select the <strong>Resources</strong> tool from the Tool Menu of your site.</p>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Click Transfer Files.</h3>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Copy the site's WebDAV URL.</h3>
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    <p>Copy the URL that's displayed in the <strong>Step 1</strong> field.</p>
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    <p><em><strong>Note</strong>: the URL that your site supplies for you may look quite different from the example provided on this page.</em></p>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Access the Finder on your local computer.</h3>
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    <p>On your computer's dock, open the <strong>Finder</strong>.</p>
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<li>In the Finder, click <strong>Go</strong> from the menu bar.</li>
<li>Select <strong>Connect to Server...</strong>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Paste the site's WebDAV URL.</h3>
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<li>Paste the the site's WebDAV URL in the Server Address field. Return to <a href="#copy-the-site-s-webdav-url" target="_self">Copy the site's WebDAV URL</a> above to retrieve the WebDAV URL if you not longer have it available to use. </li>
<li>Optionally, click the plus (+) icon to save this path for future use.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Connect</strong>.</li>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Enter your Name and Password and then click Connect.</h3>
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    <p>You will be prompted to log in.</p>
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<li>In the <strong>Name</strong> field, enter the user name that you normally use to log in to the site with which you wish to create a WebDAV connection. This is often your institutional email address.</li>
<li>In the <strong>Password</strong> field, enter the password that you normally use to log in to the site with which you wish to create a WebDAV connection.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Connect.</strong>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Modifying Resources contents using the WebDAV connection</h2>
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    <h3 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Access the File Explorer on your local computer.</h3>
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    <p>On your computer's dock, open the <strong>Finder</strong>.</p>
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    <p>Drag or download files to your local computer.</p>
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    <p><em><strong>Note:</strong> If you have permission to read content in a site, you can download multiple files via WebDAV by dragging the files from the site's folder to a folder on your local computer. You can only save, edit or delete files in the selected site if you have the appropriate permissions in the site.</em></p>
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